Minuscule 908 Explained

Minuscule 908 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε1251 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 13th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has survived in complete condition. It has liturgical books and marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 312 parchment leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page.^{[3] [4]} The headpieces are ornamented.

The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.

It also contains Argumentum (i.e. explanation of using Eusebian Canons), tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents), lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), liturgical books with hagiographies: Synaxarion and Menologion.^[5]

Text

The Greek text of the codex Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.^[6] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.^[7] In result its textual character is unknown.

History

C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century. It was held at the Athos monastery (St. Andrew Θ'). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (908^e). It was not on the Scrivener's list, but it was added to his list by Edward Miller in the 4th edition of A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament.^[8]

Currently it is housed in the St Andrew Monastery (4), at Mount Athos.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Minuscule 907
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 232 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 13 April 2013 . Münster.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 78.
2. Book: Soden, von, Hermann. Hermann, Freiherr von Soden. Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. 1. 1902. Verlag von Alexander Duncker. Berlin. 165.
3. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 101 . 3-11-011986-2 .
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 13 April 2013 . Münster.
5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 232 .
6. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 134, 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
7. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 67 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
8. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 276 .